Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Gains 0.59% in January

SANTA MONICA, CA, FEBRUARY 9, 2017—The Wilshire Liquid Alternative IndexSM, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.59% in January, outperforming the 0.50% monthly return for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index family is a joint offering between Wilshire Funds Management, the global investment management business unit of Wilshire Associates Incorporated, and Wilshire Analytics, creator of the Wilshire 5000 Total Market IndexSM.

“Due to the perceived optimism that Trump and the Republican party bring to the economy, credit managers in both relative value and event driven strategies led performance in January as the high yield bond market continued to rally,” said Jason Schwarz, president of Wilshire Funds Management.

Multi-Strategy

The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-Strategy IndexSM, which includes both single and multi-manager funds, returned 0.76% in January.

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